How can one open downloaded pictures from a Sony digital camera when the computer can't find p-suite?

Photoshop

If the images are in a standard format (BMP, JPG, GIF) you should be able to open them with just about any image viewing program; if they're a non-stanmdard format, try using IrfanView (www.irfanview.com).

If you double click on the image, and if it's in a format your photo editing software can use, it should just open up. If the only photo editing software you have came with the camera, you need to get one. Photoshop is great, but too expensive if you're not a professional graphics artist. Ulead makes a nice, full featured photo editor for a fraction of the cost of Photoshop, and it's very easy to learn. Or, if money is a problem, go to www.gimp.org and download the latest version of GIMP(Graphics Image Manipulation Program). It's opensource, like Linux, so it's free. You'll need to download three things. First the gtk installer. This will install GIMP on Windows. Next is GIMP itself. Then, you'll want the help files, which are separate. Run gtk, then run GIMP, then run the Help files, and you're in business. There is also a GAP, graphical animation program. I haven't used it. I use GIMP daily, and find that it's a fine program. Good luck.